Although perhaps best known for its iOS counterpart, Flexibits’ Mac version is designed with the knowledge that your calendar is a constant presence in your life but that you shouldn’t have to work too hard to make it work for you.įantastical lives in your Mac’s menu bar and features the ability to add an appointment using natural language. For power users though, there’s Fantastical. OS X comes with the essentials, like a calendar app, covered. If Mail doesn’t suit you, check this out. It supports Gmail, Exchange, iCloud, Yahoo, POP3, IMAP and more account types attachments from Dropbox and Google Drive and plenty of presentation and customization options. Sparrow used to be the email client of choice for people unhappy with Mail, but it’s been abandoned following Google’s acquisition of the team behind it.Īirmail stresses minimalism in its presentation but it doesn’t skimp on features.
Chrome App Launcher was recently added to the Mac version, bringing Google’s ubiquitous suite of services right to your OS X dock and allowing you to run things like Google Keep, Pocket and Wunderlist as standalone ‘apps’ using the Chrome framework.Īpple’s own OS X Mail app is just fine for many people, although some hanker after something a little more lightweight, and those with Gmail accounts have been blighted by compatibility problems with Mail in OS X Mavericks. With history sync that allows you to open any tab on any other device, a rich ecosystem of extensions and apps, and desktop notification support, Chrome feels more like a platform than a humble browser these days. However, if (like many of The Next Web team) you mix and match an Apple computer with, say an Android or Windows Phone mobile device or a Windows 8 tablet, Chrome is a better bet. If you’re an all-Apple person, Safari’s features like cross-device sync and Reading List make it a good choice. Web browsers are a matter of taste and OS X comes with a perfectly good offering in the form of Safari. These are the essential apps that the Mac-using members of our team swear by. Whether it’s a gift from someone else or a gift to yourself, if you’re opening a brand new Apple MacBook Air, Mac Mini or iMac today, here’s our roundup of the apps you need to download first.
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